Jason Johnson vs. Jim Otten — Career Comparison

Jason Johnson
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Jim Otten
Baby BoomersMontanaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Jason Johnson built a career as a starting pitcher and Jim Otten as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jason Johnson led in run prevention (ERA+ 92 vs 63), walk avoidance (BB%+ 89 vs 81), and home run suppression (HR9+ 94 vs 90). Jim Otten held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 98 vs 87). Role difference aside, Jason Johnson holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Jason Johnson and Jim Otten

Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Jim Otten
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
255
1.69
Jim Otten
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
4.85
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
221
1.47
Jim Otten
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.38
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.37
Jim Otten
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
0.66
Jim Otten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.46
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35.9
35.9
Jim Otten
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.29
14.29
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86.67
86.67
Jim Otten
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.81
7.81
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.04
Jim Otten
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Jim Otten
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Otten
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
753
4.99
Jim Otten
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
72
5.46
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.99
4.99
Jim Otten
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.46
5.46
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.04
5.04
Jim Otten
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.98
5.98
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Jim Otten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Jim Otten
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.319
0.319
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4071
27
Jim Otten
Career
Per 9 Innings
356
27
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1357
9
Jim Otten
Career
Per 9 Innings
118.2
9
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1521
10.09
Jim Otten
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
150
11.38
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.09
10.09
Jim Otten
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.38
11.38
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
181
1.2
Jim Otten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.53
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.2
1.2
Jim Otten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.53
0.53
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Jim Otten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
498
3.3
Jim Otten
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
5.08
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.17
Jim Otten
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
1.06
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Jim Otten
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.08
5.08
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
810
5.37
Jim Otten
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
5.69
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.37
5.37
Jim Otten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.69
5.69
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.18
3.18
Jim Otten
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.964
0.964
Jim Otten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.197
1.197
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.43
Jim Otten
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.61
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.38
Jim Otten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.23
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Jim Otten
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5996
39.77
Jim Otten
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
551
41.79
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.05
Jim Otten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
1.74
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
831
5.51
Jim Otten
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
6.29
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.51
5.51
Jim Otten
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.29
6.29
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.18
Jim Otten
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.38
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.31
Jim Otten
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.46
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
141
0.94
Jim Otten
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.06
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.488
1.488
Jim Otten
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.829
1.829
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5368
35.6
Jim Otten
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
470
35.65
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.26
3.26
Jim Otten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.3
1.3
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.306
0.306
Jim Otten
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.369
0.369
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.77
39.77
Jim Otten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.79
41.79

Fielding Stats for Jason Johnson and Jim Otten

Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Jim Otten
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
255
1.69
Jim Otten
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
4.85
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
221
1.47
Jim Otten
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.38
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4071
27
Jim Otten
Career
Per 9 Innings
356
27
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1357
9
Jim Otten
Career
Per 9 Innings
118.2
9
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.38
Jim Otten
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
133
0.88
Jim Otten
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
1.29
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.11
Jim Otten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
207
1.37
Jim Otten
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
1.37
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
190
1.26
Jim Otten
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
1.29
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.79
91.79
Jim Otten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.44
94.44
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.745
0.745
Jim Otten
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.266
0.266
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86.67
86.67
Jim Otten
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.81
7.81
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.06
Jim Otten
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Otten
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Otten
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Otten
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Otten
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jason Johnson and Jim Otten

Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Jim Otten
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
255
4026.32
Jim Otten
Career
Per 600 PAverified
64
4800
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
38
600
Jim Otten
Career
Per 600 PA
8
600
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
505.26
Jim Otten
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
525
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.094
0.094
Jim Otten
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.421
0.421
Jim Otten
Career
Per 600 PA
0.375
0.375
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
47.37
Jim Otten
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
31.58
Jim Otten
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Otten
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Otten
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
15.79
Jim Otten
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
15.79
Jim Otten
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jim Otten
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.031
0.031
Jim Otten
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jim Otten
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.38
21.86
Jim Otten
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
9.59
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
94.74
Jim Otten
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
78.95
Jim Otten
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.147
0.147
Jim Otten
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Jim Otten
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.335
0.335
Jim Otten
Career
Per 600 PA
0.286
0.286
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.094
0.094
Jim Otten
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.113
0.113
Jim Otten
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Jim Otten
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Jim Otten
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
31.58
Jim Otten
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
15.79
Jim Otten
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
31.58
Jim Otten
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.25
-3.88
Jim Otten
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.81
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Otten
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
31.58
Jim Otten
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Otten
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
20
315.79
Jim Otten
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
1.9
1.9
Jim Otten
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Jim Otten
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
63.16
Jim Otten
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Otten
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
15.79
Jim Otten
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Otten
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Otten
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Otten
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Otten
Career
Per 600 PA